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From: "pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org> To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: [Bug tree-optimization/28778] [4.0/4.1/4.2 Regression] alias bug with cast and call clobbered Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:32:00 -0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20060926143203.14838.qmail@sourceware.org> (raw) In-Reply-To: <bug-28778-1447@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/> ------- Comment #36 from pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-09-26 14:32 ------- > It's also wrong to assume that unions can be used for type punning, but so > what? It is allowed by gcc. No, it is less there as the behavior with unions is unspecified and not undefined unlike type punning via an address/type cast. > Evidence: this bug has existed for ages, meanwhile aliasing violations keep > getting reported as compiler bugs. This bug (PR28778) has only existed for the last two major releases which is not ages. > Since gcc introduced strict aliasing, I've worked at three places doing > software development. All were embedded/OS related, so I would say the people > are/were hard-core programmers with a clue. Everybody is shocked when I explain > strict-aliasing, and all but one have been horrified. And Aliasing rules in C have existed now for at least 17 years. It is not like it magically was added either. Yes GCC is one of the few compiler that uses the information produced by type based aliasing anyalsis but that does not mean GCC is wrong. Yes GCC turned on "strict" aliasing only 7 years ago but the aliasing rules have been around for 10 years longer than that. > So, to get back to this bug specifically: treating a (void*) arg the same as a > (char*) arg will cover up the problem for nearly everyone. Sadly it won't fix > the example given, which is legit to a language lawyer and a nonsense piece of > shit to any normal programmer. Oh well. By treating (void*) the same as > (char*), you can demote the bug severity greatly and move on. Again, aliasing in C has to do with accesses and nothing to the type of pointers. In fact this is aliasing rules in all languages have to do with accesses and not the type. Look at Fortran (which have existed since at least 1977) aliasing rules wich basically say no two arguments alias which makes people write undefined code easier than with C aliasing. > > BTW, in the testcase, the following line should generate a warning: > > glChoosePixelFormat((GLint*)blist); Why there is nothing questionable about it until glChoosePixelFormat deferences the agrument in the wrong type. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28778
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-26 14:32 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2006-08-18 21:07 [Bug tree-optimization/28778] New: strict-aliasing bug mrs at apple dot com 2006-08-18 21:11 ` [Bug tree-optimization/28778] " pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-18 21:12 ` mrs at apple dot com 2006-08-18 21:15 ` pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-18 21:18 ` [Bug tree-optimization/28778] [4.0/4.1/4.2 Regression] alias bug with cast and call clobbered pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-19 10:15 ` rguenth at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-19 10:44 ` rguenth at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-19 14:10 ` dberlin at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-19 14:27 ` rguenth at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-20 22:53 ` mmitchel at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-21 1:34 ` dberlin at dberlin dot org 2006-08-21 16:34 ` janis at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-25 19:57 ` drow at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-25 20:51 ` drow at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-25 20:57 ` drow at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-25 22:12 ` drow at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-26 15:15 ` drow at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-26 20:30 ` rguenth at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-26 20:42 ` rguenth at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-26 23:25 ` drow at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-27 4:12 ` dberlin at dberlin dot org 2006-08-27 14:20 ` rguenth at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-27 15:41 ` dberlin at dberlin dot org 2006-08-27 15:50 ` rguenth at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-27 16:00 ` dberlin at dberlin dot org 2006-08-27 17:56 ` drow at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-27 20:25 ` mmitchel at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-27 20:28 ` mmitchel at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-08-27 20:51 ` dberlin at dberlin dot org 2006-08-27 21:09 ` dberlin at dberlin dot org 2006-08-28 8:43 ` rguenth at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-09-09 17:55 ` dberlin at dberlin dot org 2006-09-16 18:09 ` steven at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-09-16 20:03 ` dberlin at dberlin dot org 2006-09-26 4:44 ` acahalan at gmail dot com 2006-09-26 4:56 ` Andrew Pinski 2006-09-26 4:56 ` pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu 2006-09-26 14:17 ` acahalan at gmail dot com 2006-09-26 14:32 ` pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org [this message] 2006-09-26 15:33 ` acahalan at gmail dot com 2006-09-26 15:47 ` dberlin at dberlin dot org 2006-09-26 15:49 ` pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-09-26 15:57 ` pcarlini at suse dot de 2006-09-27 2:12 ` dberlin at dberlin dot org 2006-10-13 17:50 ` dberlin at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-10-19 23:06 ` dberlin at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-10-19 23:07 ` dberlin at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-10-20 8:25 ` [Bug tree-optimization/28778] [4.0/4.1 " rguenth at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-11-05 22:17 ` chuck at vertica dot com 2006-11-05 22:26 ` drow at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-11-05 22:26 ` pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-11-05 23:39 ` chuck at vertica dot com 2007-01-25 15:51 ` gdr at gcc dot gnu dot org 2007-02-07 22:52 ` pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2007-02-14 9:09 ` mmitchel at gcc dot gnu dot org 2008-07-04 15:51 ` [Bug tree-optimization/28778] [4.1 " jsm28 at gcc dot gnu dot org
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